freeallnovels Chapter 3954 The Song of the Purple Moon (5)
Chapter 3954 The Song of the Purple Moon (5)
Chapter 3954 The Song of the Purple Moon (5)
In a dark and damp dungeon, slaves were driven in like worker ants.
"Get inside now, you maggots! If you don't sell anything today, you're not eating!"
Most of the slaves showed no emotion upon hearing this—they were already used to not being treated as human beings.
Due to the city-wide search of [Rogge], the slave trade in various markets was affected—a large number of low-ranking slaves who had been taken out to be sold had to be transported back.
……
Overall, this wasn't actually the worst environment Jack Sparrow had ever been to... it was just that the stench of Cameroon's stinky feet in the air was making it hard for him to stand—he had just sworn to forget that horrific memory.
Jack, pinching his nose, crouched in the corner, silently looking for an opportunity.
In the context of a city-wide manhunt, this is actually a very good hiding place.
"...Hey bro, I don't think I've seen you before? Did you just arrive?"
Suddenly, a guy with a fairly clean-looking face moved up to Captain Jack's side and asked with a hint of curiosity.
Jack turned his head and glanced at the person. This was not the most common "Nigo" tribe among the slave groups. There was a diamond-shaped wound between the eyebrows, which was still oozing blood, as if someone had dug something out of the forehead.
This person must be from the [science side]... Many humans there have chips implanted in their bodies, usually on their foreheads. When they become slaves, the chips are brutally removed, leaving such wounds.
Captain Jack, who frequently visits the city of Rogue, has naturally seen many slaves like this... Moreover, judging from the condition of the other party's wounds, it is clear that the chip was recently removed from him—that is, he has only been captured for a few days.
"Yes, I just arrived." Captain Jack nodded slightly.
“My name is Ski! Brother, what’s your name? Why were you captured and brought here as a slave?” Ski, the human from the Science Side, asked in a low voice.
These newly captured slaves are actually the easiest to understand. They are constantly looking for opportunities to escape, so they will try their best to find out all the news and get to know anyone they can use.
Captain Jack sighed and said, "I lost all my money gambling and was caught by my creditors. Unfortunately, I don't have a charming old mother, a wife with a great figure, or a precocious younger sister at home... so I was sold here by my creditors to pay off my debts."
“Mother, wife, and sister…” Ski was stunned for a while before finally reacting, “Brother, you sound like a scumbag?”
Captain Jack shrugged and said, "I'm a gambler who's lost everything. What does it matter if I'm a scumbag or not?"
"...Yes, that makes perfect sense!"
That makes a lot of sense!
Captain Jack chuckled, blinked, and said, "And you, how did you get in?"
Ski sighed, looked up at the dark dungeon ceiling, and said with a sad expression, "We trusted the wrong people... This matter is a long story."
Not knowing how many days he would stay in this place, and since he had nothing better to do, Captain Jack Sparrow really didn't mind chatting with Ski.
After a long chat, Jack finally learned the general story of how Ski was sold here.
"...So, your entire flagship was sold off?" Captain Jack couldn't help but chuckle. "You were even given amnesia-inducing drugs, so you don't even remember who sold you?"
Ski nodded sadly, "I really can't remember anything, but I have a vague feeling that the other party should be a very famous pirate."
Jack's gaze shifted slightly. "Are all the people here employees of the same flagship as you... all members of the Tiannan family?"
Ski looked somewhat embarrassed and said, "No, it's just me and my brother here. The others are in another cell... Look, they're over there."
Jack asked, quite curiously, "Why are only you and your brother here?"
Ski opened his mouth, hesitated several times before finally beginning to speak: "My brother's name is Laibin. He used to be the communications officer on the flagship... When the pirates hijacked the flagship, my brother was the first to stand up and surrender. In order to make a good impression on that despicable pirate as soon as possible, my brother tried very hard to persuade everyone to surrender... But unexpectedly, my brother's enthusiasm was rewarded with being ruthlessly sold out. The people on the flagship also resented my brother because of this... and me too."
"I've let you down!" Captain Jack exclaimed, slapping his thigh in disbelief.
“Absolutely!” Ski exclaimed indignantly. “My brother really did so much! He even sewed a new pirate flag himself!”
"Oh... by the way, where's your brother?" Jack asked curiously.
“Oh, he’s right below you, the one you’re sitting on,” Ski said casually.
Captain Jack suddenly looked down, his eyes widening. He instinctively parted the hay and, sure enough, saw a face that was completely expressionless, like an empty shell.
"What's wrong with your brother?"
"The shock was too great, and that's how it turned out."
"...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sit here."
“Oh, it’s okay, he won’t mind.” Ski shook his head. “If you’re comfortable, you can stay here. This seat was originally mine.”
Jack nodded and didn't move away, continuing to sit with his foot pressed against the guest's chest. "...By the way, you just said that your entire flagship was sold off as a package deal?"
“Yes,” Skie hummed in agreement.
“Is that so…” Jack’s eyes darted around, “A flagship cargo ship…”
"What's wrong?" Ski asked instinctively.
Captain Jack narrowed his eyes and suddenly placed his hands on Ski's shoulders. "Hey buddy, do you want to get back on your ship?"
"We will have a glorious future!!!"
Just then, the guest who had been sitting down suddenly jumped up as if he had been stimulated by something!
After scrambling to his feet, the guest roared with all his might, pounding on the cell door and repeatedly shouting, "The future!!! The glorious future!!! Hahahaha!!! I am the Void Pirate Guest!! You will all die!! Ahahahaha!!!"
"Go to hell, Laibin!!"
"Kill you!!!"
"Wash it!!!"
In the cell on the other side, just an arm's length away, dozens of arms stretched out, and ferocious faces were cursing the guest madly, as if they wanted to eat him alive.
The dungeon suddenly became extremely noisy.
Captain Jack Sparrow watched from a corner, clicking his tongue and saying, "That pirate who sold you out, he deserves to die!"
“That’s right!!” Ski nodded vigorously!
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【Purple Moon】.
Miss Witch rubbed her slightly itchy nose and said with displeasure, "Xiao Meng, your hair is touching my face!"
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Xiaomeng chuckled softly, reached out and pinched a few strands of hair, then gently scratched the witch's chin. "Is that so?"
—Wow, Egg Princess is really good at this!
"Stop messing around." The witch rolled her eyes in annoyance.
They had already moved to another location—the witch figured that the top hunter, [Beast Tamer] Mochi, would definitely escape after his defeat, so she planned to intercept him in the direction he was fleeing.
While defeating a Mochi that can summon the [Black Horned Blood Centipede] royal family isn't particularly troublesome, it's clearly more cost-effective to defeat a Mochi with low health!
Besides, even if the gold-medal hunter Mochi perished on the Purple Moon, it was the Golden Shaq who did the killing, what does it have to do with me, the Star Witch?
—That's right, it was [Gold] Shaq who did it!
"Aren't you afraid that [Golden] Shaq will catch up with you?"
“Mochi’s run away, [Golden] Shaq definitely won’t chase after him, because the treasure map is still on that pretty boy, and Shaq will definitely be more nervous… Don’t worry at all!” The witch chuckled. “I know this trick well, it won’t fail me… Come on, let’s dig a trap first!”
Then the witch tossed Xiaomeng a shovel—yes, a real shovel, the kind used for digging... and it even came with a matching helmet!
……
"Shaq, the Golden Boy, I will avenge this humiliation!!"
After a scream, a dark red light ignited on the [Beast Tamer]'s body, and then it suddenly exploded... The area covered by the explosion was nearly two kilometers wide.
Ultimately, a massive crater, two kilometers in diameter, remained on the surface of the Purple Moon—within the crater, nothing remained except for the sand shield of Golden Shaq.
"Come on, if you dare!"
[Gold] Shaq spat out a breath, his body transforming into a beam of light, and directly arrived in front of the dying [Black Horned Blood Centipede] royal family. He then immediately activated a sandstorm, which swallowed the entire blood centipede!
Finally, the sandstorm slowly merged into the earth—actually, it returned to the body of [Gold] Shaq, into a world of yellow sand.
The Beast Tamer has run away, but this battle cannot be fought for nothing... This Void Beast will be considered a spoil of war—whether we keep it or sell it, we won't lose out.
"Brother, I'm here to save you!"
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In the grove... getting a little bored while waiting, Ah Xi Ruo even casually hunted a wild game and started grilling it on the spot.
Despite the fact that this true dragon of China is living a terrible life... his skill at cooking wild game is surprisingly good—even the maid was quite surprised.
"This rabbit actually has two heads, tsk tsk." Ah Xiruo looked at the glistening roasted rabbit with a smile. Cuteness is utterly useless in front of crispy skin!
The aroma quickly attracted many enthusiastic treasure hunters from the Purple Moon Inn who were searching everywhere!
"Found them! They're here! They didn't run away, and they're even having the leisure to barbecue here?!"
Around the grove, figures appeared one after another, at least thirty-four people... This was only a small part; the treasure hunters from the [Purple Moon] Inn who wanted to take advantage of the chaos had already dispersed to search.
"Be careful, they dare to grill meat here, they must have something to rely on... These guys might not be so weak after all!"
"Shaq is about to arrive, who cares about anything else!"
"That's right! There are so many of us, are we afraid of them?!"
Ah Xiruo suddenly looked up and glared at him!
Everyone immediately spread their arms wide, bent over warily, and said in a low voice, "Watch out for a trap!"
Ah Xiruo rolled her eyes and continued roasting her two-headed bunny.
"Brother, I've come to save you!"
Just then, a voice that chilled the hearts of all the treasure hunters suddenly rang out—the god of death, [Golden] Shaq, rode a giant python formed from sand and arrived directly in the grove!
"【Gold】Shaq!!"
"run--!!"
Everyone screamed!
[Gold] Shaq just sneered and waved his hand, blowing away a sandstorm... Instantly, the sandstorm spread out, and wherever it touched, whether it was trees, grass, or people, it withered instantly!
All the moisture has been completely absorbed!
"A bunch of small fry!"
[Gold] Shaq snorted disdainfully, then put on a smile and jumped off the Sand Serpent, landing right next to the campfire.
Seeing his younger brothers, Luo and the others, casually sitting around the campfire on the dead wood, he plopped down on one of them as well. "Brothers, you guys are having a great time! This roasted meat smells delicious! Your wife's cooking is excellent!"
Ah Xiruo shrugged and casually tore off a rabbit head, tossing it to [Gold] Shaq.
[Gold] Shaq casually said, "Brother, why didn't you say goodbye before leaving the sand shield?"
Ah Xi Ruo said irritably, "Your lousy shield is about to be blown apart, and we're not leaving? Are we going to stay here as targets?"
“Sister-in-law is right!” Upon hearing this, [Gold] Shaq was not angry. He slapped his forehead and said, “It was indeed my oversight! I didn’t expect those guys at the hotel to dare to take advantage of our misfortune! Although they were all masked, the hotel must have a record of their stay. I’ll kill them all, one by one, to avenge you, my dear brother!”
—He set up the sand shield; how could he not know when it would explode? It's clear that he was already gone before it even exploded!
—The fact that he was able to leave the sand shield without anyone noticing confirms that this "brother" is indeed the young master of a powerful family!
Ah Xiruo nodded, "Okay, remember to give me a copy of the list later so I can check if you missed anyone."
"..." [Gold] Shaq said helplessly, "Sister-in-law, have I offended you in any way? If so, I apologize in advance."
Just as Ah Xi Ruo was about to say something, Captain Luo suddenly interrupted her.
“Brother Shaq, it seems that your battle with the Black Horned Blood Centipede just now caused some changes within the Purple Moon itself.” Captain Luo then pulled out the map that had Shaq’s eyes burning with desire. “Therefore, the map seems to have undergone some changes.”
"Is this really true?" [Gold] Shaq was greatly surprised.
Captain Luo slowly opened the map, but it seemed that only a small part could be opened... less than a third of the way.
"Some terrain features have appeared on the map," Captain [Lo] said slowly. "Brother Shaq, you're familiar with [Purple Moon], can you tell what this place is?"
"let me see!"
[Gold] Shaq took the map and studied it carefully... He also tried hard to open the rest of the map, and even secretly used a lot of power, but it was all in vain. He couldn't help but be shocked - this map might be a rare treasure in itself.
“Hmm… if I’m not mistaken, this place should be the Song of the Purple Moon!” [Gold] Shaq said thoughtfully.
"The Song of the Purple Moon?" Ah Xiruo was taken aback.
[Gold] Shaq nodded and said, "Actually, it's a very special canyon on [Purple Moon]. The terrain inside is complex, and when the wind blows through the cracks in the rock walls, it makes a wonderful sound, as beautiful as a ballad, hence the name [Purple Moon Song]..."
With that, [Gold] Shaq slapped his thigh: "Since the map points here, it seems we'd better get here before the full moon... It's not far from here to [Purple Moon] Song, but the journey is not short! My good brother, we should set off early to avoid missing this full moon!"
"What about my rabbit? It's not ready yet!" Ah Xi Ruo said deliberately, as if trying to make things difficult for me.
"That's easy!" [Gold] Shaq waved his hand dismissively!
In an instant, the ground where everyone was standing was lifted up... Below, there was another giant sand serpent—and just like that, the sand serpent quickly began to crawl on the [Purple Moon]!
At this point, [Gold] Shaq's main focus is on providing excellent service!
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Near the [Purple Moon] Inn... next to a lake.
"You...who are you..."
The Beast Tamer had fallen into a pit filled with poisonous water. His body was covered in pustules from the poison, and he looked extremely miserable!
"Tsk... another penniless wretch. No wonder he has to resort to robbery!" The witch stirred the poisonous water in the trap with her stick with a look of disgust. "Brother! These days, there's no future in robbery. If you have a next life, you should just go and work a normal job!"
"what……"
"Remember, the one who killed you is [Saida Hera]!"
"You...you are that Pirate Queen..." Mochi's painful howl was filled with earth-shattering hatred, "I hate her so much..."
Mochi's body gradually melted into the poisonous water of the trap... The witch couldn't help but pinch her nose, and then buried the trap pit again.
"Didn't you say these poisons were very expensive? Why aren't you taking them back?" Xiaomeng asked curiously. "Are there other people who want them?"
"No, I don't think so." The witch shrugged. "Just leave it here for now. Remember this place; you never know when you might need it... If we really need to retrieve it, we can just come back and get it when we leave [Purple Moon]."
Next, the witch sprinkled a layer of sand, withered branches and fallen leaves on the surface of the trap, and then secretly added a few leaves and branches to guard it.
"Perfect!"